Awesome man, I bet that fish was a heck of a fight. I ended up only fishing about a 20 yard stretch of river. One of those don't leave fish to find fish scenarios. There are a few more I want to try. Kayak will be better I think than the jon boat. Every time something was moved around in the boat it was loud.
I had a surprise Sunday after the boat was trailered then started wading. Some fish were working in the middle of the river so I slipped behind and ended up catching fat solid bluegill
. That was first there as well.
jad2t- Its okay to wade at night but you really need to be familiar with the area. After you know it good in the day you should be fine at night. The place I was fishing can't be wade at night too deep. We have caught a lot of fish wading on low water at night. You should try it sometime.